What we do: Youth ministry

Supporting the church in engaging young people

Youth ministry is a key part of the Diocese of London – we work hard to support it as best we can. We offer help and advice to support the church in engaging young people, both through Capital Youth and our partnership with youth ministry specialists.

Whether you're paid or volunteering, starting something from scratch or growing what you have, we have a range of resources and initiatives that you can tap into. Scroll down to learn more about the diocese support team, our current initiatives and find recommended resources that can boost your work with young people.

Get connected

Our monthly newsletter and social media channels share useful and practical content on a regular basis, but we’re passionate about supporting those working in our churches. To book a support session or connect with someone directly, feel free to contact us at youth@nulllondon.anglican.org.

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Your Diocese support team

The team behind Capital Youth have a range of skills – we aim to support people across our Diocese as best we can within each role.

Sam Donoghue
Head of Children and Youth Ministry Support

Katie O’Conor
Children’s Ministry Advisor

James Fawcett
Youth Ministry Advisor

Alex Taylor
Children and Youth
Ministry Trainer

Kathryn Kane
Schools Ministry Advisor

Rachel Walker
Apprenticeship Project Coordinator

Jenny Barnard
Project Manager,
Capital Youth

Levi Phillips
Creative Lead,
Capital Youth

Advice and consultancy

One of the most valuable things we can provide is a brain to pick!

The Diocese of London has partnered with CONCRETE to provide free consultancy on engaging young people. CONCRETE is a youth ministry organisation with a specialism in urban areas; meaning they are suitably equipped to support our Diocese. Founder James Fawcett has been working with young people full-time for the last 15 years in a variety of contexts and for the last 10 of them in the east end of London, Tower Hamlets.

Youth ministry jobs and hiring support

We can support you in recruiting the right person for your community and helping them settle in. Whatever stage you’re at in the process, feel free to contact us.

Things we can help with include:

Refining the job scope and job description
Guidance on the right salary and benefits
Safeguarding expectations and processes
Guidance on what to expect and how to manage them
Distributing the vacancy through our networks
Ongoing supervision/advisory support

If your vacancy is already online, you can submit your vacancy to be displayed on the Diocese job page.

Make sure you’re aware of our Apprenticeship Scheme below, which is a great opportunity to train someone from within your parish.

Looking for a job?

Check the vacancies page (look under Children’s Ministry as well as Youth), or find out more about our Apprenticeship Scheme below. Some churches in our Diocese do not submit their job vacancies to our jobs page, so keep an eye out on social media.

Current initiatives

Capital Youth

Capital Youth is an opportunity for our Diocese to explore together what it looks like to welcome, listen to and engage young people in our communities, with an increased focus on evangelism and discipleship within our youth work.

Click below to find out everything about Capital Youth, what’s happening and how you can get involved.

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Apprenticeship Scheme

Currently open for applications starting September 2019

We are working with parishes across the Diocese of London to train a new generation of children and youth workers from within our communities.

With funding support from the BLMF, Apprentices are employed by the Diocese and work within a parish for three years, enabling parishes to significantly expand or develop their youth and children’s ministry. We have four funded places available each year, and applications are now open for September 2019.

Find out more

Recommended Resources

NEW: Confirmed – Your journey to confirmation

Confirmed is a new course from the Youth Minster team at Christ Church W4, revolving around a badge collection system (similar to Scouts). The course presents key Christian disciplines in a way that young people can easily understand and try for themselves.

This free resource pack gives you everything you need to run the course, including print and slide templates, cheat sheets and instructions for ordering the badges. There is no charge for the resource pack but you’ll need to pay for your own badges. Download the course below.

“I am delighted at the work that the youth team at Christ Church W4 has already done as one of the Youth Minsters in the diocese. They have pioneered a number of initiatives, such as the Confirmed course, and my hope is that this can begin to be of value to other churches as they develop their own ministry among young people.”
– Bishop Graham Tomlin

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YOUCAT: Confirmation Book

YOUCAT is the Catechism of the Catholic Churches for adolescents and young people. The most important contents of the faith are summarised briefly and comprehensibly in the format of questions and answers. The confirmation book inspires young people to learn the contents of the faith in preparation for their confirmation.

Find out more and purchase

Latest content

We regularly publish articles and cover events, which we share in our newsletter.

Bishop Pete dons hard hat to bless school sites

Bring young people to the heart of your church on Youth Work Sunday

Introducing: The Spark Fund

Urban life for young people and the church’s role

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Our resources database

Below is a database we’re building of existing resources out there that cover a range of different topics and purposes. We’ve included the cost, who it’s for, who it’s made by and how much input it will need from you. Click on a row to see all the details and get the link to access. Click the search icon or use the filters to narrow your search.

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